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Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Assam, where Assembly elections are due this year, to target the Congress and its top leaders today. At a public gathering in Dibrugarh, Modi beat a huge traditional drum to kickstart the election campaign and renew his attack on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. He accu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Assam, where Assembly elections are due this year, to target the Congress and its top leaders today. At a public gathering in Dibrugarh, Modi beat a huge traditional drum to kickstart the election campaign and renew his attack on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. He accused the two of disrupting the Parliament deliberately.

Addressing tea garden workers in Moran near Dibrugarh, Modi said there are leaders in Opposition parties other than Congress who are in favour of Parliament working smoothly.

Referring to Congress, Modi said, "Those who have lost the election (in 2014) and have come down from 400 to 40 have decided not to allow Modi to work. They have decided to create obstacles and difficulties. The conspiracy for the same is going on."

"They have now decided to take revenge from people, from the poor workers for voting the Congress out of power," he added.

"The country is not going to benefit from this politics of negativism and obstructionism. There is only one family with such a thinking, which has brought this kind of destruction. Leaders in the other Opposition parties are not like this," the PM said.

Rahul Gandhi's response

Moments after Modi's speech, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to respond to the PM's charge. Rahul said his party will continue to put pressure on the BJP-led government to work for the poor and farmers.

"We will put pressure on the government so that they pay attention to poor people and the farmers," Rahul said in a series of tweets.

"PM has been making excuses for last one-and-a-half years for not being able to deliver. The job of the Prime Minister is to run the country and not make excuses. Even big industrialists are crying as the NDA government is not performing," he added.